Clap-Happy!

[x-posted at The Cashmere Gallery]

Spring is a bit of a drama queen. Its temperament always reminds me of adolescence. For those of you who have teenagers or have been one yourself, don't you think that's true? It's mercurial. Capricious. Spontaneous. Moody. And anything but dull. Grim and gloomy one moment and bright and sunny the next. It's enough to send the most confident of groundhogs back into his hole for second-guessing.

Last week it was hot here. And I mean H-O-T. Hot, like I-should-be-sipping-cocktails-in-Ibiza hot. Everywhere you looked, out came the pasty, winter white skin, peeking boldly out of tank tops and shorts (except mine, of course, me being in my standard office attire black).

But don't get me wrong. It's not that I have anything against summery weather, but with only the decrease rows left on my second Clapotis, I was looking forward to accessorizing all that black with a dramatic blaze of colour. And I was just about resigned to packing up the winter clothes when suddenly... the temps shifted.

And here's what I wrapped myself in for work this morning (kindly modelled by my trusty clotheshorse, Gwyneth P)--

Thank God for spring, sunshine, a cool breeze and the excuse to wear the latest cashmere Clapotis in colourway Hotel California:





Gotta love those waves...




ETA: For Meredith and Lindsay, the cashmere I used was actually about 630 yds of a sample of 4-ply (think Light DK-weight) cashmere that I'm going to be adding as new line. And it is AT THIS VERY MOMENT being spun expressly for us! There is an enormous shipment that will be arriving at the beginning of next month and I'll post about it as soon as it does. As an alternative, you can use about 4-5 skeins of Estelle, the sportweight cashmere to achieve this pashmina-sized Clapotis. For this Clap, I extended the straight rows in the original pattern by adding 3 extra repeats.

AND

in other knitting news, I've also finished work on a secret project for unveiling. Soon.

So..

*dun dun DUN*

Watch. This. Space.